Browsing by Author "Lin, Cheng-Chieh"

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Interleukin (IL)-12 receptor beta 1 codon 378 G homozygote and allele, but not IL-1 (beta-511 promoter, 3953 exon 5, receptor antagonist), IL-2 114, IL-4-590 intron 3, IL-8 3 '-UTR 2767, and IL-18 105, are associated with higher susceptibility to leiomyoma
(2007-04-01)
Hsieh, Yao-Yuan
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Chang, Chi-Chen
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Tsai, Chang-Hai
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Lin, Cheng-Chieh
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Tsai, Fuu-Jen
Objective: To investigate whether certain polymorphisms are correlated with leiomyoma susceptibility, i.e., interleukin (IL)-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-8, IL-12, and IL-18, which are all immunomodulatory cytokines that play important roles in host immune responses against cancers. Setting: Departments of gynecology and genetics in a medical center. Patient(s): Women were divided into: [1] a leiomyoma group (n = 162) and [2] a nonleiomyoma group (n = 156). Intervention(s): Genotyping for the IL-1 beta-511 promoter, IL-1 beta exon 5, IL-1Ra, IL-2 114, IL-4 -590 intron 3, IL-8 3'-UTR 2767, IL-12R beta 1 codon 378, and IL-18 105 were evaluated by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. Main Outcome Measurement(s): Genotypes and allelic frequencies in both groups were compared. Result(s): Proportions of IL-12R beta 1 codon 378 *CC/CG/GG in the leiomyoma and nonleiomyoma groups were: [1] 7.4%/43.8%/48.8% and [2] 11.5%/54.5%/34%, respectively. Distributions of other polymorphisms in both groups were not significantly different. Proportions of IL-1 beta-511 promoter *CC/CT/TT were: [1] 22.8%/50%/ 27.2% and [2] 21.8%/57.1%/21.1% in the leiomyoma and nonleiomyoma groups, respectively. The IL-1 beta exon 5 *E1 homozygote/heterozygote/E2 homozygote were: [1] 96.3%/3.7%/0% and [2] 96.9%/3.1%/0% in the leiomyoma and nonleiomyoma groups, respectively. Alleles I/II/III/IV/V for IL-1Ra were: [1] 92.6%/7.1%/0.3%/ 0/0% and [2] 93.9%/5.7%/0%/0.4/0% in the leiomyoma and nonleiomyoma groups, respectively. The IL-2 114 G homozygote/heterozygote/T homozygote were: [1] 27.8%/49.4%/22.8% and [2] 20.5%/53.2%/26.3% in the leiomyoma and nonleiomyoma groups, respectively. The IL-4 -590 intron 3 *RP1 homozygote/heterozygote/ RP2 homozygote were: [1] 64.8%/32.7%/2.5% and [2] 69.2%/26.9%/3.9% in the leiomyoma and nonleiomyoma groups, respectively. The IL-8 3'-UTR 2767 A homozygote/heterozygote/G homozygote were: [1] 14.2%/ 43.8%/42% and [2] 20.5%/41.7%/37.8% in the leiomyoma and nonleiomyoma groups, respectively. The IL-18 *AA/AC/CC were: [1] 56.8%/40.7%/2.5% and [2] 59%/39.7%/1.3% in the leiomyoma and nonleiomyoma groups, respectively. Conclusion(s): The IL-12R beta 1 codon 378 *G homozygote and G allele are related to a higher susceptibility to leiomyoma. The IL-1 beta-511 promoter, IL-1 beta exon 5, and IL-1Ra, IL-2 114, IL-4 -590 intron 3, IL-8 3'-UTR 2767, and IL-18 105 gene polymorphisms are not correlated with the development of leiomyoma.
T allele for VEGF-460 gene polymorphism at 5 '-untranslated region is associated with higher susceptibility of leiomyoma
(2008-06-01)
Hsieh, Yao-Yuan
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Chang, Chi-Chen
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Tsai, Fuu-Jen
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Lin, Cheng-Chieh
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Tsai, Chang-Hai
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a regulator of angiogenesis and a mediator of sex steroid-induced cell growth and differentiation. We aimed to investigate if VEGF gene 5'-UTR -460 polymorphism could be used as markers of susceptibility in leiomyoma. Women were divided into two groups: (1) leiomyoma (n=159); (2) nonleiomyoma groups (n=131). VEGF gene-460 polymorphism were detected by polymerase chain reaction and BstUI restriction enzyme analysis. Genotypes and allelic frequencies between both groups were compared. We noted that the proportions of different VEGF polymorphisms in both groups were significantly different. Proportions of cuttable (C) homozygote/heterozygote/uncuttable (T) homozygote for VEGF in both groups were: (1) 0/32/68% and (2) 0/63/37%. Higher percentage of T homozygote and T allele presented in the leiomyoma population. Proportions of C/T alleles in both groups were: (1) 16/84% and (2) 32/68%. We concluded that T homozygotes and T allele of VEGF gene-460 polymorphism are associated with higher risk of leiomyoma development. Heterozygotes and C allele are related with lower risk of leiomyoma formation VEGF gene polymorphism likely contributes to the pathogenesis of leiomyoma.
The cuttable C-related genotype and allele for the E-cadherin 3 '-UTR Pml I polymorphism are associated with higher susceptibility to endometriosis
(2005-12-01)
Hsieh, Yao-Yuan
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Chang, Chi-Chen
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Tsai, Fuu-Jen
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Hsu, Chin-Moo
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Lin, Cheng-Chieh
Epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin; CDH1) may influence pericellular proteolysis and intracellular signal transduction, which plays an essential part of tumor invasion. In our study we investigated the correlation between CDH1 gene polymorphism and endometriosis in two groups of pre-menopausal Taiwanese women, group 1 (n = 150) consisting of women with severe stage IV enclometriosis and group 2 (n = 159) of women with no enclometriosis. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to identify the cuttable (C) and uncuttable (T) polymorphism of the CDH1-Pm/ l gene (rs1801026) located on the T-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of chromosome 16 and compare the genotypes and allelic frequencies of this gene in both groups. We found that the genotype and allele distributions of the CDH1-Pml/ l C/T polymorphism were significantly different in both groups. In group 1 the CDH1*C frequency was 47.7% and the T frequency 52.3%, while the CC homozygote frequency was 6.7%, the TT homozygote 11.3% and the CT heterozygote 82%. In group 2 the CDH1*C frequency was 17% and the T frequency 83%, while the CC frequency was 0.6%, the TT 66.1% and the CT 33.3%. These data indicate that the CDH1 gene polymorphism may be associated with the development of severe endometriosis and that the CDH1 gene C allele is related to higher susceptibility to enclometriosis.